Making WebRTC available for FreeBSD

[Joe Nosay]

On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:58 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Niklas Enbom <niklas.enbom at webrtc.org>wrote:
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>> I still don't get what you mean. WebRTC is a part of browsers (Chrome,
>> Firefox) not the operating system. Are you looking for a browser that runs
>> on freeBSD and supports WebRTC - or something else?
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>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Niklas Enbom <niklas.enbom at webrtc.org>wrote:
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>>>>> Hey guys, not sure what this refers to. The G+ post talks about
>>>>> porting the gtalk plugin to freeBSD. WebRTC is an effort in the opposite
>>>>> direction (no plugins needed). Afaik there is a Chromium build for freeBSD
>>>>> that should support WebRTC (unless it's disabled at build).
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>>>>> Niklas
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>>>>> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Joe Nosay <superbisquit at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>>>>> https://plus.google.com/110946378055202199166/posts/8iTsSCatk4x
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>>>>>> The process has been started :
>>>>>> http://forums.freebsd.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=44691
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>>>>>> Dependencies needed- referenced in "howto" and webrtc dependencies:
>>>>>> libbrlapi from brltty.
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>>>>>> Benefits: Native client and sever side of WebRTC applications for
>>>>>> FreeBSD and possibly other BSDs.
>>>>>> Eliminated dependency for Linuixlator based applications thus cutting
>>>>>> down on hardware resource use.
>>>>>> Eliminated need for other simulated and emulated programs to run
>>>>>> Skype or other voice-and-video binaries. I.e. Wine, VirtualBox, qemu, et
>>>>>> cetera, et al.
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>>>>>> Since it is known that Sony's PS4 uses FreeBSD as the basis for its
>>>>>> OS, WebRTC could be implemented as a native application on the
>>>>>> platform/console thus allowing users to communicater in real time while
>>>>>> gaming.
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>>>>>> Why am I proposing this?
>>>>>> 1. Adrian Chadd asked on Google+ and nowhere else. I decided to bring
>>>>>> his proposal to the public and attempt an initial starting phase.
>>>>>> 2. Users would not be limited to having only a few selected operating
>>>>>> systems at their disposal. Developers could easily communicate with each
>>>>>> other.
>>>>>> 3. Real time sharing/viewing of conventions. This would give the
>>>>>> community another window into the development of FreeBSD.
>>>>>> 4. Companies such as IxSystems and Sony would be able to contact
>>>>>> develoers while simultaneously working on a FreeBSD/FreeBSD_based system.
>>>>>> 5. FreeBSD developers would be able to give feedback on the
>>>>>> development of WebRTC sources.
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>>>>>> Being that I am limited on resources, is it possible that others
>>>>>> could take over what was started?
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>>>> How is it implemented at build time?
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>>> The option is not available with make config on FreeBSD nor is brltty
>>> available on FreeBSD. The gyp files do not include any FreeBSD specific
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> WebRTC will only work if it can be built natively on a system despite the
> browser type. In trunk/build/ there are the following operating systems:
> android, ios, linux, mac, win.
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> Also, the jingle protocol has not been ported to FreeBSD.
> Are there any developers who use FreeBSD?
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> Anyway, I was hoping that maybe someone much better than me in/with
> programming  and the FreeBSD community would see the benefits of bringing
> this to FreeBSD and take over my efforts. My initial arguments for such are
> in the first email of this thread.
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Any file that I need to edit will be on the forums at the post listed
earlier. For brltty-4.4, the edited file of usb_bsd.h to replace
brltty-4.4/Programs/usb_bsd.h has been uploaded. All changes are made
public and the software license is adhered to by me.

@Adrian Chadd: While I am working on this, you and others can tell me if
any editing error occurs or if a value returns false.

As sson as brltty-4.4 can build natively on FreeBSD, I will include a ports
Makefile so that the users will be able to create their own package of
brltty-4.4, thus completing all dependencies. After that, I will return to
building and editing WebRTC for FreeBSD.